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the great amendments of the 1960's, for cybill, the great iconic statute of the 1950's, the civil rights act of '64 and voting rights act of 65, the fair housing act of 68, republicans and democrats in the spirit that you are calling for coming and one of the things we are talking about is the sponsoring institutions for this extraordinary conversation, and that as the national archives. i think that the framers of the constitution who were attending their regime studied what has gone before. they studied the state constitution and the salles which ones work and which ones didn't. they put their constitution to a vote so let's put our constitution to a vote. most of the constitution have three branches of government. but still with that. the independent executive works well for massachusetts and new york let's build on that and so on. the bill of rights and george mason, virginia bill of rights. abolition of slavery occurred in various states, and then out of for a lesson, so what has gone before us clacks we have a duty to the future and i think they tried the best when they actually ar
the great amendments of the 1960's, for cybill, the great iconic statute of the 1950's, the civil rights act of '64 and voting rights act of 65, the fair housing act of 68, republicans and democrats in the spirit that you are calling for coming and one of the things we are talking about is the sponsoring institutions for this extraordinary conversation, and that as the national archives. i think that the framers of the constitution who were attending their regime studied what has gone before....
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. >> that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> from the 12th annual national book festival on the national mall in washington, d.c., sally bedell smith presents her book, "elizabeth the queen: the life of a modern monarch." it's about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much, francis, for that generous introduction. i have to tell you that i'm especially honored to be introduced by francis today because, um, our friendship goes back to the mid 1990s when my husband stephen was the foundiny editor of "civilization," the wonderful magazine of the library of congress, and francis was his highly-capable deputy editor. the magazine, unfortunately, fell victim to the first wave of infatuation with the internetca and lost its funding, but francis has gone on to be a top editor at "the washington post." as aye been travel -- as i'vengo been traveling around the country talking about queen elizabeth ii, the one consistent question i have heard is what did you learn that surprised you.n well, the answer is that it seemed like there was something unexpected around almost every corner.
. >> that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> from the 12th annual national book festival on the national mall in washington, d.c., sally bedell smith presents her book, "elizabeth the queen: the life of a modern monarch." it's about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much, francis, for that generous introduction. i have to tell you that i'm especially honored to be introduced by francis today because, um, our friendship goes back to the mid 1990s when my...
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she was a sort of 60 girls -- 60's girl before the 60's and she wanted to marry a third world anti-american guy. he divorced her and she went for another third world anti-american guy and she found one again, and indignation guy named low lows sapporo. even in the absence of the father, the mother cultivated in young obama this reference for the -- she said her father is a missing figure. he is a hebrew -- hero, compared to whom to mandela or gandhi, great freedom fighter and reality barack obama was not that perky was either philandering for driving drunk and killed a man and a drunk driving accidents of this was not the real barack obama senior but this was the idea cultivated in obama's mind. especially when obama got a little older and he realize that his dad was not like that. his sister told him, why are you revering this great data powers? he actually was not the guy you think he was. .. >> i call them the obama founding fathers. madison and jefferson and are not of the list. they eight -- he saw them out. he did not find them on the street. frank marshall davis, the radical edward d
she was a sort of 60 girls -- 60's girl before the 60's and she wanted to marry a third world anti-american guy. he divorced her and she went for another third world anti-american guy and she found one again, and indignation guy named low lows sapporo. even in the absence of the father, the mother cultivated in young obama this reference for the -- she said her father is a missing figure. he is a hebrew -- hero, compared to whom to mandela or gandhi, great freedom fighter and reality barack...
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i detail a number of things in the b is ak in chapter 7 that s how it is evolving. the republican legislature voted to keep same-sex marriage this year. it had been legal. religious right activists tried to get a repeal and were confident they would get it repealed and most republicans in the state house rejected that. so new hampshire continues to have same-sex marriage. republican officeholders. is about time. let me close by reading a quote from barry goldwater who john alluded to. and when your creatures get control of the wrong party and they are trying to do so it will be a terrible problem. they frighten me. politics and governing command compromise but christians believe they are acting in the name of god so they can't and won't compromise. the religious factions growing throughout our land are not using their political clout with wisdom. i am sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me that if i want to be a moral person i must believe in a, b, c or d. to do they think they are? i will fight them every step of the way they try t
i detail a number of things in the b is ak in chapter 7 that s how it is evolving. the republican legislature voted to keep same-sex marriage this year. it had been legal. religious right activists tried to get a repeal and were confident they would get it repealed and most republicans in the state house rejected that. so new hampshire continues to have same-sex marriage. republican officeholders. is about time. let me close by reading a quote from barry goldwater who john alluded to. and when...
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and the late 50's because that was the last time because it was a unified ideological force. it was a divided so narrowly. there were seven liberals on the supreme court in the late days of the war on court and there was a liberal agenda. every saturday morning the chief justice warren and his great deputy would meet together and see what cases to we want to take? and they really had ideas about how to move it. year after year they changed cases. the change of the wall. in 1964 justice brennan's famous opinion against the revolutionizing rifle was important in the protection for the press. 1965 justice william o. douglas, griswold versus connecticut, the case that is published the right to privacy said married couples couldn't deny the couple to be denied birth control. chief justice warren's opinion in merten versus arizona revolutionizing the criminal procedure and perhaps more importantly, changing television drama forever. [laughter] 1967 perhaps the best name case in supreme court history, loving versus virginia. what was the case? it was the case that said states could
and the late 50's because that was the last time because it was a unified ideological force. it was a divided so narrowly. there were seven liberals on the supreme court in the late days of the war on court and there was a liberal agenda. every saturday morning the chief justice warren and his great deputy would meet together and see what cases to we want to take? and they really had ideas about how to move it. year after year they changed cases. the change of the wall. in 1964 justice...
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bryan cross of gold speech and the populist movements studied in school that took place in the 1890's. and brian represented the farmers that were the core of the populist party, but also an urban populist party. clarence darrow was the chief of the urban populist movement in chicago where it was first tested to see if he could couple the interest of the dirt farmers with the immigrants and the factory workers in the city. and so he ran for congress once and was defeated. he was offered the nomination for mayor of chicago and turned it down and was offered the nomination for governor of illinois entered the town. in 1904 when william randolph hearst ran forresident, darrow tried to do what william jennings bryan had done, which is seize the presidential nomination with a single speech. he was supposed to nominate first for the presidency. he wrote this amazing speech. he gave it as -- at midnight one night at the democratic national convention. all the reporters just loved it. it did move the gallery bill wait -- it did not move the gallery the way that bryant had, the magic just was n
bryan cross of gold speech and the populist movements studied in school that took place in the 1890's. and brian represented the farmers that were the core of the populist party, but also an urban populist party. clarence darrow was the chief of the urban populist movement in chicago where it was first tested to see if he could couple the interest of the dirt farmers with the immigrants and the factory workers in the city. and so he ran for congress once and was defeated. he was offered the...